There are some good reasons why the Super Nintendo won the great console war against the Sega Genesis.
It sometimes feels odd to argue for the Super Nintendo in the great SNES vs. Sega Genesis debate.
Youre not exactly standing up for the little guy when you go to bat for the Super Nintendo.
In most other technical respects, though, the Super Nintendo was the objectively superior system.
Games likeDonkey Kong Countrybecame SNES sellers largely by virtue of theirjaw-dropping graphics.
Contrary to popular belief, the Sega Genesis audio hardware was not significantly inferior to the SNES hardware.
To be clear, some Genesis games boast incredible soundtracks.
The Super Nintendo had Nintendo games, and the Sega Genesis did not.
From the earliest days of the NES, Nintendos greatest advantage has been Nintendo.
Its one of the biggest reasons why people still buy Nintendo consoles.
Segas backs were always against the wall to some degree.
Thats to say nothing of their widely-regarded status as some of the greatest games ever made.
It was a war that theSNES lineupultimately won.
Those two buttons atop the SNES controller were literal game changers.
There are reasons why variations of the shoulder button have become the industry standard.
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Hey, I hear you.
Even if Sega had released a comparable gadget, it probably wouldnt have mattered.
No, youll never be able to play them all (or at least you shouldnt try).
